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CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHIVI/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microreproductions  /  Institut  Canadian  de  microreproductions  historiques 


Tachnical  and  Bibliographic  Notaa/Notat  tachniquaa  at  bibliographiquaa 


Tha  inatituta  has  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  baat 
originai  copy  avaiiabia  for  filming.  Faaturaa  of  thia 
copy  which  may  ba  bibiiographlcally  unlqua, 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagaa  in  tha 
raproduction,  or  which  may  algnificantly  changa 
tha  usual  mathod  of  filming,  era  chackad  balow. 


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Colourad  covara/ 
Couvartura  da  couiaur 


I     I   Covars  damagad/ 


Couvartura  andommagte 

Covars  rastorad  and/or  laminatad/ 
Couvartura  rastaurAa  at/ou  pailicui^a 


I      I   Covar  titia  missing/ 


La  titra  da  couvartura  manqua 


|~n    Colourad  maps/ 


Cartas  gAographiquas  an  couiaur 

Colourad  inic  (i.a.  othar  than  blua  or  blacic)/ 
Encra  da  couiaur  (i.a.  autra  qua  blaua  ou  noira) 


I      I   Colourad  platas  and/or  illustrations/ 


Planchas  at/ou  illustrations  an  couiaur 


Bound  with  othar  matarial/ 
RaliA  avac  d'autras  documents 


Tight  binding  may  causa  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  reliure  sarrAe  paut  causar  da  I'ombra  ou  da  la 
distortion  la  long  da  la  marga  IntAriaura 

Blanit  laavas  addad  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  tha  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
11  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajouttas 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  la  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  cela  6tait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  At  A  fiimias. 

Additional  com.nrients:/ 
Commentalres  supplAmentaires; 


The 
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L'institut  a  microfilmi  la  maillaur  exemplaira 
qu'il  lui  a  At*  poaaibia  da  aa  procurer.  Lea  details 
da  cet  exemplaira  qui  sont  paut-Atre  uniquaa  du 
point  da  vua  bibliographiqua,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvant  axiger  une 
modification  dans  la  mAthoda  normala  de  filmaga 
aont  indiquAa  ci-daasous. 


r~n   Colourad  pagea/ 


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Pages  de  couleur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pagea  andommagAea 

Pages  restored  and/oi 

Pages  restaurAas  at/ou  pelliculAes 

Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxe( 
Pages  dAcolorAes,  tachatAes  ou  piquAes 


I — I   Pages  damaged/ 

|~~|   Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 

fyl  Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 


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□   Pages  detached/ 
Pages  dAtachAes 

0Showthrough/ 
Tranaparance 


Tranaparance 

Quality  of  print  variaa/ 
QuaiitA  inAgale  de  I'lmpression 

Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprand  du  matArial  supplAmentaire 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Adition  disponible 


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Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Lea  pages  totalement  ou  pertieliement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure. 
etc..  ont  AtA  fiimAes  A  nouveau  de  fapon  A 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  retio  checiced  below/ 

Ce  document  est  filmA  au  taux  de  rAduction  indiquA  ci-dessous. 


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The  copy  filmed  h«ra  has  baan  raproducad  thanks 
to  tha  ganarosity  of: 

Library  of  the  Public 
Archives  of  Canada 

The  images  appearing  hare  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


les 


L'exemplaira  film*  fut  reproduit  grAce  i  la 
gtnArosit*  da: 

La  bibiiothdque  des  Archives 
pubiiques  du  Canada 

Las  images  suivantes  ont  tti  reproduites  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
da  la  nettet6  de  rexemplaire  film*,  et  en 
conformity  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  de 
fiimaga. 

Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprimte  sont  film6s  en  commenpant 
par  la  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
darnlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  fiimts  en  commengant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  tme  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  darniire  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  -Hi^'i meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Un  des  symboies  suivants  apparahra  sur  la 
darnlAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  seion  le 
cas:  le  symbols  — ►  signifie  "A  SUIVRE".  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
-ight  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  Atre 
filmAs  d  des  taux  de  reduction  diffArents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  seui  ciichA,  il  est  film6  A  partir 
de  I'angle  supAriaur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'imagas  ntcessaira.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
iliustrent  la  m6thode. 


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E  R  M  O  N 

Preached  the  18^^  of  yuly^  i74i* 


Being  a  Day  fet  apart  for 


Solemn  Thankfgiving  to  Almighty  God, 

for  the  Redudion  of  CAPE-BRETON 

::  by  His  Majefty's  New- England  Forces, 

r     under  the  Command  of  the  Honourable 

WILLIAM  PEPPERRELL,  Efq; 
Lieutenant- General  and  Commander  in  Chief; 

And  covered  by  a  Squadron  of  His  Majefty's 
Ships   from    Great   Britain^    commanded    by 
JPEI'ER   WARREN,   Efq-, 

ny  CHARLES  CHAUNCr,  D.  D. 

Pallor  of  a  Church  in  Boston. 

^raife  ye  the  Lord  for  the  avenging  of  Ifrael,  when  the 
people  willingly  offered  themfelves.  They  fought  from 
heaven,  thejftan  in  their  courfes  fought  againji  Sifera, 
Judg.  V.  ver.  2,  20. 

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BOSTON:    Printed. 

jpdN  D  O  N:  Reprinted  for  M.  Coop  e  r  at 
the.  Qhbe  in  Pater- nojier-  Row,    M  d  c  c  x  l  v. 

'      /  ,  i*iice  6^. 


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.    * 


PSALM  xcviii.  li 

0  fing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  fong^  for 

he  hath  done  marvellous  things : 
His  right  hand  and  his  holy  arm 
hath  gotte?i  hi?n  the  viEiory. 

AS  we  are  now  together  in  the  Houfe 
of  the  Lord,  to  pay  him  our  hum- 
ble and  grateful  Acknowledgments 
for  the  eminent  Succefs  which  he 
has  granted  the  New-EMgland  Arms  againft 
a  neighbouring  powerful  Enemy,  I  could 
think  of  no  Words  more  pertinent  than  thofe 

1  have  read  to  you,  to  employ  your  Medita- 
tions on  fo  remarkable  an  Occalion. 

Some  indeed  refer  them  to  the  Mejjiah, 
and  his  fpiritual  Conquefls  in  behalf  of  a  re- 
bel World  }  but  others  think  they  were  pen- 
ned in  Commemoration  of  fome  (ignal  tern* 
poral  Victory  gain'd  by  the  Troops  of  I/rael, 
under  the  Command  oi  David yOwei-  their  Ene- 
mies. In  this  View  of  them  they  are  properly 
applicable  to  the  Defign  of  this  Day's  Solem- 
nity ;  for  the  Lord  hath  done  marvellous  things 
for  us ;  his  right  hand  and  holy  arm  hath  got* 
ten  him  the  vitJory :  And  we  are  hereupon^ 

A  2  obliged 


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} 


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? 


4      A  Thankfgiving'Sermon  for 

obliged  tofing  a  new  Jong  to  the  Praife  of  his 
great  Name. 

In  Ipeaking  to  the  Words, 

I.  I  (hall  confider  God  as  getting  the  vi- 
6lory  by  his  right  hand  and  holy  arm. 

II.  I  fhall  take  notice  of  the  marvellous 
things  which  he  fometimes  does  in  gct^ 
ti?2g  the  'vidfory. 

III.  I  fhall  {hew  what  Reafon  a  People, 
for  whom  God  has  thus  gotten  the  Vi- 
ctory,  have  \.oJing  a  new  Jong  of  Praife 
to  him. 

Thefe  are  the  Heads  we  are  naturally  led 
to  difcourfe  to  from  the  Text :  And  we  fhall 
endeavour  to  Ibeak  to  them  in  a  Manner  not 
unfuitable  to  the  Occafion  of  the  Day,  and 
Circumftances  of  Divine  Providence. 

I.  I  am,  in  the  firfl  place,  to  confider  God 
as  getting  the  victory  by  his  right  hand  and 
holy  arm.  The  infpired  Pfalmiji  afcribes  this 
Glory  to  him.  He  does  not  take  it  to  him- 
felf,  he  does  not  beflow  it  on  the  Troops  of 
Jfrael',  but  acknowledges  the  Efficiency  of 
God,  and  gives  him  the  Honour  due  to  his 
Name.  His  right  hand  atid  holy  arm  hath 
gotten  him  the  vidiory.  Literally  fpeaking,  it 
cannot  be  faid  of  God,  that  he  has  an  Hand 
or  Arm ;  for  he  is  a  pure  Spirit,  without 

bodily 


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bodily 


the  ReditSJion  of  C^pc-^vtton.       5 

bodily  Shape  or  Parts :  But  as  'tis  by  the 
right  Hand  and  Arm  that  Men  are  wont  to 
put  forth  their  Strength,  thefe  Parts  of  the 
human  Body  are  figuratively  applied  to  God. 
So  he  is  faid  in  the  Text  to  get  him  the  victo- 
ry by  his  right  hand  and  arm.  The  Language 
is  ufed  by  way  of  Accommodation  to  our 
Capacities,  and  obvioufly  leads  us  to  con- 
ceive of  Victory  as  obtain'd  by  God,  brought 
about  under  the  Direction  and  Influence  of 
his  powerful  and  all-wife  Providence. 

And  this  is  a  Truth  every-where  acknow- 
ledged in  the  facred  Writings.     They  fpeak 
of  the  great  God  as  ruling  in  the  Armies  of 
Heaven  and  Earth  ;   as  prefiding  over  the 
Kingdoms  of  this  lower  World,  governing 
all  their  Affairs,  and  deciding  all  their  Battles. 
The    Names   by    which   he    is   commonly 
known  in  the  Bible  are  thefe :  The  Lord  of 
Hojis,  the  God  of  Ar?nies^  the  Lord  Jlrong 
and  mighty,  the  Lord  fnighty  in  Battle  j  im- 
porting that  he  direds,  prefides,  and  over- 
rules in  all  Armies,  fo  as  to  turn  the  Battle 
on  which  Side  he  pleafes.     Nor  is  Victory 
ever  obtained  but  under  the  Divine  Guidance 
and  BlelTing.     'Tis  in  the  Faith  of  this,  that 
David,   the   General,    as  well  as    King  of 
Ifrael,    fo  often  applies  to  God  to  be   his 
Shield  and  Help,  and  fubdue  the  People  un- 
der him.     'Tis  in  the  Faidi  of  this,  diat  the 
Ifrael  of  God  do  fo  often  make  their  religi- 
ous thankful  Acknowled«;ments  to  him  for 


'' 


eivmo; 


6      A  Thankfgiving'Sermon  for 

giving  them  the  Necks  of  their  Enemies. 
And  'tis  upon  this  fame  Account,  that  we 
meet  with  fo  many  facred  Hymns  of  Praife, 
jn  Commemoration  of  glorious  Vidory  in  a 
Day  of  Battle. 

Not  that  God,  in  getting  the  Vidory, 
immediately  exerts  his  right  hand  and  holy 
arm.  He  does  it  ordinarily  by  the  Interven- 
tion of  fecond  Caufes,  and  of  fuch  as  are 
naturally  fitted,  in  a  human  Way,  to  ac- 
complirti  his  Purpofes :  Though  this  ought 
not,  in  the  leaft,  to  take  from  him  the  Glo- 
ry of  his  Agency  >  for  the  Vidlory  is  not- 
withflanding  his.  He  raifcs  up  and  qualifies 
thofe  who  are  employed  in  a  Day  of  Battle, 
he  fpirits  them  to  the  Service,  arms  them 
with  Refolution,  direds  their  Condudl,  and 
crowns  their  Valour  with  Succefs.  The 
greateft  Generals  arc  abfolutely  dependant  on 
God.  He  gives  them  Prefence  of  Mind,  or 
confounds  their  Thoughts ;  he  directs  their 
Councils,  or  fuffers  them  to  be  led  afide  by 
a  Spirit  of  Infatuation  ;  he  renders  their  Pro- 
jec^lions  profperous,  or  fruflrates  their  beft 
concerted  Meafures  j  he  gives  Courage  to 
their  Armies,  or  ftrikes  them  with  Surprize  j 
and  if  he  intends  to  render  them  vidorious, 
he  will  order  fuch  a  Concurrence  of  Cir- 
camflances  in  their  Favour,  as  that  they  {lull 
have  the  Advantage  of  their  Enemies,  and 
tread  upon  their  High  Places. 

And 


the  RedtdEtion  ^Cape-Breton.     7 

And  now,  if  'tis  by  the  right  hand  and  hO" 
ly  arm  of  God ^  thatVidory  is  obtained, 

This  (hews  us  where  our  Dependance  ought 
to  be  for  Succefs  again  ft  our  Enemies.  Not 
on  the  beft  Means  or  Inftruments  j  tho*  we 
ought  to  make  ufe  of  thefe,  and  may  de- 
pend on  them,  provided  we  don't  place  them 
in  tlie  room  of  God :  for  he  is  principally 
and  ultimately  to  be  confided  in ;  and  curfed 
is  the  Man,  the  Nation,  the  Province,  that 
maketh  Fiefti  their  Arm.  The  Lord  Jeho- 
vah,  and  he  only,  is  the  Strength  of  his  Peo- 
ple ;  and  whatever  Truft  is  placed  in  Men 
or  Means,  it  ought  always  to  be  in  Subordi- 
nation to  his  all-governing  Will  and  Provi- 
dence. 

And  'tis  owing,  I  would  hope,  to  fuch  a 
well-placed  Truft  in  God,  that  we  his  Peo- 
ple in  this  Land  have  been  favoured  with 
fuch  remarkable  Succefs  againft  our  Enemies. 
We  were  not  wanting  in  the  Ufe  of  all  fuita- 
ble  Means  j  and  yet  I  could  not  but  obferve 
a  general  Difpofition  in  all  ferious  People, 
both  High  and  Low,  to  own  their  Depen- 
dance on  God,  without  the  concurrent  Blef- 
fing  of  whofe  Providence  they  had  no  Hope 
of  Succefs.    It  was  this  that  brought  us  once 
and  again  publickly  into  the  Houfe  of  the 
Lord,  under  the  Countenance  of  Authority, 
to  humble  ourfclves  before  him,  to  confels 
our  Sins,  and  beg  that  his  Prefence  might  be 
with  our  Brethren  gone  againft  the  Enemy. 

And 


.*! 


8      A  "Tharik/gtving'Sermon  for 

And  upon  no  Occafion  do  I  remember  to 
have  ll'cn  a  Spirit  of  Prayer  more  generally 
prcv.*iling  among  thofe  who  profcis  a  Regard 
to  Rcli'jjon.  Fervent  Prayers  were  continu- 
ally going  up  to  God  from  all  Parts  of  the 
Country ;  and  may  it  not  be  hoped,  that  God 
has  heard  our  Prayers  of  Faith  and  Truft  in 
his  Power  and  Goodnefs,  and,  in  Anfwer  to 
them,  crowned  our  Enterprize  againil  the 
French  Enemy  with  fuch  fignal  Glory  and 
Vi(ftory  ? 

Wc  are  likewife  tau^^ht  from  what  has 
been  difcourfed,  that  the  Glory  of  Vid:ories 
gained  over  Enemies  is  to  be  given  unto  God, 
To  him  therefore  let  us  afcribe  the  Glory  of 
our  late  Conqucft,  fo  nearly  conneded  with 
the  Profperity  of  thefe  Colonies.  'Twas  by 
the  right  hand  and  holy  arm  of  God  that  we 
got  this  Vidory :  And  to  him  be  the  Praife. 

Not  that  we  are  to  be  unmindful  of  thofe 
whom  God  has  been  pleafed  to  ufe  as  Inftru- 
ments  in  this  great  Affair.  'Tis  the  Com- 
mand of  God,  that  we  give  Honour  to 
whom  Honour  is  due.  And  fliall  we  not 
think  and  fpcak  of  thofe,  widi  all  decent 
Refpedt,  and  entertain  a  grateful  Senlc  of 
their  Service,  who  have  expofed  them- 
felves  to  Hardfliips,  and  ventured  their  Lives 
in  the  high  Places  of  the  Field,  for  our  Be- 
nefit J  efpecially,  when  they  have  been  ho- 
noured by  God  in  being  made  victorious 
over  our  Enemies  ?    All  Nations  have  don^ 

Honouf 


Hor 

Chie\ 
and 
dire^ 
f-oi 


the  ReduElion  of  Cape-Breton.     9 

Honour  to  their  Heroes^  both  living  and  aA 
ter  they  were  dc  .'  :  And  :?  they  have 
fometimes  exceeded  herein,  giving  that  Glo- 
ry to  Man  which  was  due  to  God^  tliis  is  no 
Reafon  why  we  fliould  not  muice  our  grate- 
ful Acknowledgments  to  our  IVarriors,  and 
in  Proportion  to  the  Extent  and  Value  of  their 
Atchievements  on  our  Behalf,  and  the  Great- 
nefs  of  the  Hazards  and  Didiculties  they  have 
gone  thro'  for  our  Sakes  j  always  provided 
we  keep  within  the  Bounds  of  Religion,  and 
honour  not  Man  in  Oppofition  to  God^  but 
in  fubferviency  to  him,  and  ultimately  re- 
fledting  Glory  on  him. 

It  has  been  remarked,  the  Song  of  Dc-- 
borahy  tho'  it  gives  the  principal  Glory  of  tiic 
eminent  Vidlory  it  celebrates  to  God,  whole 
is  the  Glory,  and  the  Power,  and  the  Vi(5lo- 
ry,  and  the  Majefty ;  yet  at  the  fame  Time 
it  forgets  not  to  give  all  jufl  Applaufe  to  the 
Officers  and  Troops  that  acquired  it  under 
the  Divine  Condud:  and  Bleffing.  A  good 
Example  this!  and  we  may  learn  our  Duty 
from  it  both  to  God^  and  thofe  he  has  cm- 
ployed  as  Injiruments  in  the  glorious  Con- 
queft  we  are  this  Day  celebrating. 

We  ought  highly  to  efteem  in  Love  and 
Honour  his  Excellency^  our  Commander  in 
Chiefy  whofe  Wifdom  projected  this  great 
and  neceffary  Undertaking ;  whofe  Prudence 
directed  to  all  fuitable  Meafures  to  conceal  it 
f''om  the  Enemy  i  whofe  indefatigable  I.a- 

B  hours. 


!  ! 


.11: 


lo     A  7hank/giving'Sermon  for 

hours,  by  Night  and  Day,  carried  it  on  with 
fuch  furprifing  Difpatch;  and,  in  a  word, 
whofe  juft  Influence  at  Home^  and  feafonable 
Applications  there,  procured  thofe  Ships  of 
War,  without  which  we  could  not  have  fuc- 
ceeded  in  this  noble  Defign.  He  has  herein 
approved  himfelf  faithful  to  his  Royal  Mafier^ 
and  a  Father  to  New-England.  The  good 
Lord  have  refpeB  to  his  Servant !  And  may 
he  long  live  at  the  Head  of  this  Province,  in 
high  Favour  with  the  King,  and  rejoicing  in 
the  Love,  Reverence,  and  Obeifance  of  a 
loyal  People ! 

Great  alfo  are  our  Obligations  to  our  wife 
and  valorous  General,  who,  from  a  difin- 
terefted  Love  to  his  Country,  laid  by  his  own 
private  Affairs,  left  his  honourable  Seat  at 
Court,  and,  what  is  more,  his  beloved  Re- 
latives and  Friends,  under  all  Advantages  to 
be  happy  in  the  Enjoyment  of  them,  to  go 
at  the  Head  of  our  Forces  into  the  Enemies 
Land,  and  befiege  their  flrongeft  Fortificati- 
ons in  this  Part  of  the  World,  expofing  him- 
felf to  known  Difficulties  and  Hardfhips, 
and  hazarding  his  Life,  to  make  Acquifiti- 
ons  for  the  publick  Safety.  BleiTed  be  the 
Lord  his  Strength,  who  taught  his  Hands  to 
War,  and  his  Fingers  to  Fight ;  who  hath 
been  his  Fortrefs  and  Deliverer ;  who  hath 
profpered  his  Councils  and  Arms,  to  the 
fubduing  the  People  under  him,  and  leading 
him  into  the  Jlrong  City,  and  putting  him  in 

Poflcfrion 


\*  a 


I  on  with 
word, 
ifonable 
[Ships  of 
|ave  fuc- 
ts  herein 
Mafier^ 
le  good 
ind  may 
nnce^  in 
loicing  in 


ice 


of 


a 


our  wife 
a  difin- 

1  his  own 

2  Seat  at 
oved  Re- 


ntages 


to 

:m,  to  go 
Enemies 
ortificati- 
fing  him- 
lardfhips, 
^cquifiti- 
bd  be  the 
Hands  to 
vho  hath 
^ho  hath 
,  to  the 
d  leading 
g  him  in 
PoflcfTion 


•  the  ReduSiion  of  C^L^Q'^x^tcr^.       ii 

PofTeiTion  of  its  Strong-holds.  May  tne  great 
Jehovah  be  ftill  his  Shield  and  Defence,  and 
return  him  in  Safety  to  liis  own  Land,  that 
he  may  here  fpeak  of  the  mighty  A(5ls  of 
the  Lord,  and  receive  the  jufl  Applaufes  of 
his  People ! 

We  fhould  like  wife  be  ungrateful,  if  we 
did  not  take  a  thankful  Notice  of  our  brave 
Commodore,  to  whofe  Prudence  and  Vigilance, 
and  active  Courage,  under  God,  it  was  ow- 
ing, that  the  Siege  was  covered.    Relief  for 
the  Enemy  cut  off,    and  a  ftrong  Ship  of 
War  taken,    which  might  other  wife   have 
obliged  our  Forces  to  return  with  Difap- 
pointment  and  Damage.    His  Readinefs,  had 
there  been  a  Neceflity  for  it,    to  have  gone 
into  the  Harbour  with  his  Ships,  to  join  the 
Army  in  one  general  dreadful  Attack  upon 
the  Town,   ought  .always  to  be  remembered 
to  his  Honour  :    Nor  will  it  be  denied,  that 
the  Terror  of  fo  many  Ships,  under  the  Com- 
mand of  fo  brave  an  Officer,  had  a  powerful 
Influence  in  the  Surrender  of  the  Place.  Up- 
on thefe  Accounts  the  Name  oi  Warren  will, 
I  truft,  be  ever  treated  with  Refped  in  New- 
England. 

Neither  fhc  'Id  we  forget  to  make  an  ho- 
nourable Me'  lUon  of  the  other  OfficerSy  yea, 
and  of  the  Soldiers,  who,  in  order  to  reduce 
the  City  of  Loiiijbtirg,  endured  Hardships, 
chcarfully  went  thro'  Fatigues  and  Hazards, 
fearing  nothing,  and  doing  every  thing  Man 
could  do  !  ~    B  2  And 


I 


\  / 


h    ! 


A  i 


I         f 


m' 


U    |tt 


i!   i 


12    -^4  'Thanlfgiving'Sermon  for 

And  flmll  we  not  love  and  honour  thefe 
brave  Inilruments  in  the  Shame  that  has  been 
brought  upon  thofe  who  hated  us,  and  the 
Salvation  God  has  wrought  out  for  this  his 
People  ?  We  fliall  be  bafely  ungrateful,  if 
we  withoid  from  them  their  jufl  Praife, 

But  our  Acknowledgments  muft  not  be 
confined  to  Men,  nor  principally  made  to 
tkem ',  but  to  the  God  of  Armies,  the  God 
whofe  right  hand  and  holy  arm  hath  gotten  us 
the  I'iSfory,  Not  unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  un- 
to any  Skill  or  Valour,  or  Strength  of  our 
Army  or  Fleet,  but  to  thy  Name  be  the 
Glory. ^ — But  I  mufl  not  anticipate  what  will 
more  properly  come  in  afterwards.  I  there- 
fore go  on  to  the  next  Thing  propofed,  which 
was, 

II.  To  take  Notice  of  the  marvellous  things 
which  God  fometimes  does  in  getting  the 
Vidory  for  a  People.  Says  David  in  the 
Text,  Marvellous  things  hath  he  done  :  His 
right  hand  and  holy  arm  hath  gottefi  him  the 
vidiory.  The  meaning  is,  that  it  was  in  a 
marvellous  Way,  by  furprizing  Events,  that 
God  gained  this  Vidlory  for  IfraeL 

Nor  was  this  the  only  Inftance  in  this 
Kind.  God  often  appeared  nsoonderfully 
for  that  People,  and  made  bare  his  holy 
arm  for  the  Deftrud:ion  of  thofe  who  rofe 
up  againft  them.  Sometimes  he  miraculoujly 
exerted  his  Almighty  Power,  and  did  Things 
not  only  above,  but  contrary  to  the  Courfe 

of 


or 

ir  thefe 
as  been 
and  the 
this  his 
eful,  if 
ife. 

not  be 
lade  to 
le  God 
otten  us 
not  un- 
of  our 
be  the 
hat  will 
I  there- 
,  which 


IS  things 

ting  the 

in  the 

:    His 

him  the 

ras  in  a 

Its,  that 

in  this 
nderfuliy 
his  holy 
v\\o  rofe 
acidoiijly 
\  Things 

Courfe 
of 


the  ReduStion  of  Cape-Breton      1 3 

of  Nature,  and  all  human  Contrivance,  to 
give  them  the  Advantage  of  their  Enemies. 
Thus,  he  rebuked  the  Red-Sea,  and-  it  was 
dried  up  :  He  led  his  Ifrael  thro'  the  Depth 
as  through  the  Wildernefs  ;  while  the  Wa- 
ters fwallowed  up  the  Egyptians.  The  Walls 
of  'Jericho  marvelloully  fell  down  at  the 
found  of  Rams-Horns ;  and  the  Lami>s  and 
Pitchers  of  Gideon?>  three  hundred  Men 
flruck  the  vaft  Army  of  the  Midianites  with 
Confternation,  fo  that  they  madly  turned 
every  Man  his  Sword  againft  his  Fellow. 
The  Sun  flood  flill  to  favour  JoJJma  in  the 
purfuit  of  his  Enemies,  while  Hail-Stones 
from  Heaven  killed  more  than  the  Sword  of 
Ifrael.  And  an  udngel  was  difpatch'd  from 
the  Armies  above  to  raife  the  Siege  at  yeru- 
falem^  by  deftroying  an  hundred  and  eighty 
iive  thoufand  of  the  AJj'yrian  Army  in  one 
Night,  which  obliged  the  reft  immediately 
to  retire  from  the  Walls  of  that  City. 

But,  in  the  ordinary  Courfe  of  Provi- 
dence, God  fometimes  does  7?tarvellous  Thi?igs 
in  fiivour  of  a  People,  and  in  order  to  their 
getting  the  Vidtory  :  Either  by  a  fecret  and 
inviiible  Influence,  difpofing  and  ranging  fe- 
cond  Caufes  in  fuch  a  Manner  as  to  operate 
beyond  all  human  Expectation  ;  or  by  in- 
terpofmg  fuch  a  Coincidence  of  Events,  as 
could  not  have  been  forefeen,  and  when 
brought  to  pafs,  draw  the  Attention  of  wife 
Pbfervcrs,  and  force  from  them  an  Acknow- 
ledgment, 


/' 


'  / 


■i 


,1 1'' 


» 


H    ,1 


1; 


I  I 


14     ^  Thankf giving- Sermon  for 
ledgment,  that  God's  Throne  is  in  the  Hea- 


and  his  Kimrdoin  ruleth 


all. 


vens,  ana  nis  Kingaom  ruietn  over 

And  of  this  we  have  had  an  illudrious  In- 
ftance,  in  the  memorable  Conqueji  that  has 
brought  us  together  this  Day. 

I  fcarce  know  of  a  Conqueft,  fmce  the 
Days  of  JoJJma  and  the  Judges ,  wherein  the 
Finger  of  God  is  more  vifible.  There  has 
been  fuch  a  Train  of  Providences,  fuch  a 
Concurrence  of  favourable  Circum  (lances, 
making  Way  for  it,  as  are  truly  wonderful ; 
and,  if  conlidered  in  one  collective  View, 
render  it  proper  to  take  up  the  Language  of 
the  Text,  and  fay,  Ma-rvelloiis  things  hath 
God  done  Jor  us :  His  right  hand,  and  his 
holy  arm  hath  gotten  us  this  vidtory. 

It  may  fcem  ilrange,  that  fuch  a  Country 
as  this,  fo  weak  in  Strength,  fo  unfliilled  in 
the  Ufe  of  Military  Weapons,  fo  diftreffed 
for  want  of  Money,  fhould  make  an  At- 
tempt upon  fo  ftrong  and  fenced  a  City  as 
Lcuijburg  at  Cape -Breton:  Nor  (liould 
we  have  entertained  the  Thought,  if  it  had 
not  been  clearly  pointed  out  to  us  by  the  Pro- 
vidence  of  God.  It  was  apparently  Providence 
that  gave  Rife  to  this  important  Defign  ; 
partly,  by  permitting  the  French,  laft  Year, 
to  take  Ca7ifo,  and  invade  Annapolis,  and 
form  a  Scheme  to  invade  it  again  this  Year ; 
hereby  opening  to  our  View,  in  the  clearell: 
Manner,  not  only  the  Jufiice,  but  NeceJJity 
of  reducino;  this  Place,    from  whence   we 

were 


1.'; 


)»* 


Hea- 


the  ReduEiion  of  Cape-Breton. 

were  expofed  to  fufFer  fo  much,  both  on  our 
Sea-coajls,  and  Fronti er -bonier s :  Partly,  by 
lending  a  Number  of  rich  Eaft-Luiia  Ships 
into  the  Harbour  of  Loiiijhiirg^  for  the  fup- 
ply  and  manning  of  which,  in  their  Voyage 
to  France,  fo  many  of  their  Men,  and  fuch 
C^antities  of  their  Stores  were  taken  off,  and 
fo  late  in  the  Fall,    as  to  render  the  Spring 
the  Nick  of  Time  (as  we  vulgarly  fpeak)  the 
moft  favourable  Opportunity  we  might  ever 
expec^t  for  an    Enterprize  of  this  Nature : 
Tho'  after  all,  it  would  probably  have  never 
been  undertaken,  if  the  Providence  of  God, 
notwithrtanding  the  moll  prudent  Steps,  un- 
der good  Advantages,  to  gain  Intelligence, 
had  not  kept  us  flrangely  in  Ignorance,  both 
as  to  the  vafl  Strength  of  the  Place,  and 
Number  of  Inhabitants  that  miijht  fuddenlv 
be  call  d  in  to  its  AfTiftance.     Many  of  our 
Officers  and  Soldiers,  v/ho  now  know  thefe 
Things,  have  frequently  declared,  had  they 
known  them  before,  they  fliould  never  have 
gone  upon  this  Affair. 

And  as  it  was  by  the  Dire<5lion  of  Provi- 
dence, we  were  led  to  form  an  Enterprize 
of  fuch  vafl:  Moment;  to  the  lame  Caufe 
mull:  it  be  afcribed,  that  fo  many  Things 
were  remarkably  ordered  all  along  in  favour 
of  it,  and  fo  as  linally  to  bring  it  to  an  hap- 
py Iffue. 

It  was  apparently  owing  to  a  figiial  Inter- 
pofition  in  Providence,  tiiat  (o  many  Perfons 

from 


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f 


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16     y^  Tnyankfgiving-Sermon  for  . 

from  all  Parts  of  the  Land,  were  fpirited  to 
offer  themfelves  willingly  for  this  Service  ; 
and  that  within  two  Months  from  the  Refo- 
lution  of  the  Government  to  undertake  this 
Delign,  the  whole  Military  Force  was  in 
readinefs  for  Embarkation,  and  under  Sail 
for  the  Place  they  were  intended  to  go  a- 
gainfl.  I  believe  I  may  fay,  fuch  an  Ar- 
mament for  an  Infant  Province,  fo  volunta- 
rily raifed,  fo  well  fitted  for  their  Bufinefs, 
and  fo  fpeedily  difpatched  away,  can't  be  pa- 
rallel'd  in  Hiftory :  Efpecially,  if  we  take 
into  Confideration,  together  with  our  Inex- 
perience in  Affairs  of  this  Nature,  the  con- 
fiderable  Naval  Force  equipped;  the  great 
Number  of  Tranfports  provided ;  the  vafl 
Quantity  of  Stores  procured,  both  for  the 
Support  of  our  own  Men,  and  the  Annoyance 
of  the  Enemy :  And  as  to  many  of  thefe  ne- 
ceifary  Stores,  fuch  as  Canmn-^hot ^  Shells  of 
various  Sizes,  Mortars,  Cohorns,  Hand-Gra- 
nadoes,  Scaling-Ladders,  Field-Pieces,  com- 
mon  Carriages  for  many  of  our  Cannon,  and 
fpecial  ones  accommodated  for  the  Tranfporta- 
tion  of  thofe  Cannon  that  were  to  be  ufed  in 
Battery ;  I  fay,  as  to  thefe  Stores,  they  were 
not  only  to  be  bought,  but  to  be  made :  And 
yet,  to  the  Surprize  of  every  Body,  the 
whole  Work  of  Preparation,  which  was 
took  in  hand,  after  the  Determination  of  the 
Court,  yan.  29th,  was  compleated  by  Af/^rr/j 
2ifl,  when  the  General  ^diVo,  his  Signal  for 
failing.  ^       '      I  may, 


I 
'■•I 


the  ReduStion  of  Cape-Breton.   1 7 

I  may,  not  improperly,  remark  here  to 
the  Honour  of  this  Province ,  that  the  Men, 
io  fuddenly  and  ftrangely  got  together  to  go 
upon  this  Expedition,  were  of  a  different 
Chara(5ler  from  tliofe,  who  are  commonly 
fent  upon  fuch  Occafions.  They  were  not 
the  Scum  of  the  Land,  idle  worthlefs  Crea- 
tures, given  to  Prophanenefs,  Intemperance, 
and  univerfally  debauched  in  their  Manners. 
A  Number  of  fuch  there  might  be :  But  for 
the  generality^  they  were  Men  who  had  upon 
their  Minds  an  Awe  of  God,  and  feared  an 
Oath;  they  were  Men  indullrious  in  their 
Callings,  and  well  able  to  provide  for  them- 
felves  and  Families ;  in  a  word,  they  were 
Men  of  Life  and  Spirit,  animated  with  Love 
to  their  King  and  Country^  and  willing  to 
venture  their  Lives,  not  fo  much  to  ferve 
themfehes^  as  to  promote  tlie  pub  lick  Good, 
'Tis  a  rare  Thing  for  fo  many  Men,  of  fuch 
a  Charad:er,  to  be  engaged  in  a  military  En- 
terprize  :  And  I  can't  but  think,  there  was 
a  fpecial  Hand  of  Providence  in  it. 

It  was  owing  remarkably  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  Providence,  that  the  Weather  was  fo 
ordered  in  Favour  of  this  Enterprize.  Per- 
haps, the  oldefl  Man  living  does  not  remem- 
ber fo  long  a  Courfe  of  moderate  fliir  Wea- 
ther as  we  were  blelTed  with,  while  pre- 
paring for  the  Expedition.  There  was  not 
the  lofs  of  a  Day,  either  by  S?iow,  Rain,  or 
Cold'y  which  is  wonderful  in  this  Climate, 

C  at 


i8      A  'TljanhJgivi7igSermo?i  for 

at  this  Time  of  the  Year.  Some,  who  have 
preferved  an  Account  of  the  Weather  for 
more  than  twenty  Years  back,  have  been 
furprized  to  behold  the  Difference  between 
the  Months  of  February  and  March,  this 
Year,  and  the  fore-going  ones ;  'This,  a  con- 
tinued Courfe  of  good  Weather;  thqfe,  as 
continually  intermix'd  with  Storms  of  Snoiv, 
or  Rain,  or  Severity  of  Cold. 

And  the  Weather  was  as  remarkably  fa- 
vourable to  our  Delign  at  Cape- Breton  :  For, 
as  fome  have  obferved  in  their  Letters,  there 
was  fcarce  ever  known,  among  the  French, 
fuch  a  Run  of  good  Weather,  as  while  they 
were  laying  Siege  to  Loiiijburg  j  whereas, 
the  very  Afternoon  they  enter'd  the  City, 
the  Rain  came  on,  filled  their  Trenches  with 
Water,  and  continued  for  fuch  a  Number  of 
Days,  that  they  mufl  have  gone  through 
mfufferable  Difficulties,  and  been  in  danger 
of  railing  the  Siege.  The  French  themfelves 
took  Notice  of  this  Difpofition  of  Providence, 
and  faid,  It  was  vifible  God  fought  for  us. 

It  was  obfervably  owing  to  Providence, 
that  our  Soldiers  were  preferved  from  the 
Small-Pox,  as  fuch  Numbers  of  them  were 
in  this  Town,  in  order  to  embark,  when 
that  infeBious  Diftemper  broke  out  among 
us,  threatning  an  univerlal  Spread.  And, 
perhaps,  the  Time  was  never  known,  when 
io  many  Perfons,  in  fo  many  different  Parts 
of  the  Town  were  taken  ill  with  this  Sick- 

nelc^^ 


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ion  for 

who  have 
leather  for 

have  been 
nee  between 
Marchy  this 
Tbis,  acon- 
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ms  of  Snoiv, 


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I 


narkably  fa- 
reton :  For, 
Letters,  there 
the  French, 
is  while  they 
g ;  whereas, 
r'd  the  City, 
rrenches  with 
a  Number  of 
5or>e  through 
sen  in  danger 
wh  themfelves 
f  Providence, 
ght  for  us, 
D  Providence, 
\^ed  from  the 
of  them  were 
iibark,  when 
:e  out  among 
Ipread.  And, 
inown,  when 
different  Parts 
ith  this  Sick- 
nefc>, 


the  ReduElion  of  Cape-  Breton.     1 9 

nefs,  and  it  was  notwithflanding  flopped  in 
its  Progrefs :  Which  is  the  more  worthy  of 
(pecial  Notice,  becaufe,  if  it  had  prevailed, 
it  would  unavoidably  have  put  an  End  to 
the  intended  Expedition. 

It  was  owing  to  the  wonderful  Condudl  of 
a  kind  Providence,  that  fo  confiderable  a 
military  Force,  at  fuch  a  Seafon  of  the 
Year,  fliould  be  carried  in  Safety  to  the  Place 
they  were  bound  for,  without  the  lofs  of  a 
Man,  or  meeting  with  the  lead  Difafter; 
and  that  their  Delign  (hould  be  a  perfedf  Se- 
cret to  the  Enemy,  till  they  were  furprized 
with  the  Sight  of  our  Fleet,  going  into  Chap- 
pereaiige  Bay.  It  was  this  that  made  way 
for  landing  our  Men  and  Stores  without  An- 
noyance, unlefs  from  a  fmall  Party  of  the 
French y  fome  of  whom  were  taken,  fome 
killed,  and  the  reft  obliged  to  flee  for  their 
Lives. 

It  was  owing  to  the  extraordinary  Favour 
of  Providence,  that  the  Enemy,  fo  foon  af- 
ter our  landing,  forfook  their  Grand-Bat- 
tery ;  allowing  us  to  enter  and  take  PofTef- 
fion  of  it  without  the  leail:  Oppofition.  This 
feems,  on  the  one  Hand,  to  have  been  a 
moft  fatal  Miftake  to  them,  which  can  fcarcc 
be  accounted  for,  unlefs  from  a  Spirit  of  In- 
fatuation, or  a  mighty  Terror  feizing  their 
Hearts:  And  on  the  other,  the  lending  Ad- 
vantage put  into  our  Hands  j  as  it  animated 
our  Men  with  Life  and  Vigour,  furniihed 

C  2  them 


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li*j? 


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20    yl  T'hanhfghing-Sermon  for 


rh 


made 


1  wl.h  the  heaviej}  Catimn 
ia  the  Siege,  and  enabled  theni  with  greater 
Speed,  and  lels  Danger,  to  make  their  At- 
tempt on  the  Town. 

'  And  here  was  a  Series  of  Things  remark- 
ably overruled  in  Providence. 

Not  only  were  our  Men  diipofed  and  en- 
nbled  to  tranfport  their  Cannon  (fome  of 
wliich  were  of  large  Size  and  Weight)  over 
Hills  and  Rocks,  and  thro'  MorafTes,  in 
which  fomctimcs  they  funk  with  their  Car- 
riages fo  as  to  be  buried  in  the  Mire  j  but, 
in  fight  of  the  Enemy,  and  within  reach  of 
their  Shot,  they  ereded  Batteries,  mounted 
Guns,  fixed  Mortars,  and  foon  got  all  Things 
m  readinefs,  both  to  cannonade  and  bombard 
the  Town  :  And  all  without  the  Lofs  of 
fcarce  a  Man.  And  tho*  they  were  nine  and 
forty  Days  belieging  the  City,  and  had  their 
neareft  advanced  Battery  within  lefs  than 
thirty  Rods  of  its  Weftern  Gate^  (as  the 
Meafure  lias  fince  been  taken)  and  were 
playing  from  it  mod  of  the  Time,  and  re- 
ceiving the  Enemies  Fire  -,  yet  the  Men  flain 
were  but  an  handful. 

And  the  like  lignal  Prefervation  they  met 
with  at  their  Battery  by  the  Ltght-Houfe, 
This  was  the  greateft  Annoyance  to  the 
Enemy,  and  under  God,  the  greateft  Caufe 
of  their  Surrender.  And  the  whole  Time 
they  were  eredling  it,  and  getting  their  heavy 
Cannon  up  the  high  and  fteep  Rocks,  to 

the 


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n  for 

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the  Lofs  of 
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the 


the  Redu^hn  of  Cape-  Breton     2 1 

the  Amazement  of  the  Enemy,  they  were 
continually  played  upon  both  by  their  Cannon 
and  Bombs :  And  yet,  if  I  remember  right, 
there  was  no  more  than  one  Man  flain.  The 
whole  Number  indeed  of  Men  loft,  whether 
by  the  Sword,  or  Sicknefs,  or  Difafter,  du- 
ring the  Siege,  did  not  amount  to  more  than 
an  hundred  and  twenty.  This  is  the  Doing 
of  the  Lord^  and  ought  to  be  marvellous  in 
our  Eyes.  The  like  has  fcarce  been  known 
in  the  World. 

But  befides  thefe  Favours  of  Providence, 
there  was  a  moft  feafonable  Coincidence  of 
Events,  all  tending  to  point  our  View  to 
God,  and  to  lead  us  into  an  Apprehenfion 
of  him  as  remarkably  appearing  to  grant  us 
Succefs. 

Such  was  the  coming  in  of  a  large  Supply 
of  thofe  very  Provifions  which  were  wanted, 
juft  as  our  Forces  were  ready  to  fail,  and 
without  which  they  muft  have  been  delayed. 
Such  was  the  taking  a  Number  of  Store- 
Ships  going  to  the  Relief  of  the  Enemy,  as 
well  as  intercepting  a  Packet  from  France 
to   the  Governor  of  Cape  'Breton^    which 
might  have  contained  Advices  of  great  Im- 
portance to  the  French^  and  Dilfervice  to  us. 
And  fuch  alfo  was  the  taking  a  large  Ship 
of  War,  with  more  than  five  hundred  Men, 
Provifions  for  eight  Months,  and  about  an 
hundred  Barrels  of  Powder  more  than  her 
own  proper  Store.     Had  the  Providence  of 

God 


2  2     A  Thaitkfgiving' Sermon  for 

God  permitted  her  to  go  in  fafely,  it  might 
have  dcfcnted  our  Defign.  Such  a  Number 
of  Men  and  fuch  a  Quantity  of  Piovifion 
and  Ammunition,  would  liave  given  Heart, 
as  well  as  Strength  to  the  Enemy,  and  {{^Mnt 
think,  muil  have  obliged  us  to  raife  the  Siege. 
But  what  a  merciful  Turn  did  her  Capture 
give  to  our  Affairs  ?  Not  only  were  the  E- 
nemy  weaken'd  and  difpiritcd,  but  a  great 
part  of  their  Strength  put  into  our  Hands  to 
be  turn'd  againfl  them ;  befides  that  our 
Army  received  a  Supply  of  Powder,  which 
was  now  fo  wanted,  that  our  Cannon  mufl 
have  been  filent  without  it.  * 

And  this  Event  is  the  more  worthy  of 
Notice,  becaufe  of  the  Incidents  in  Provi- 
dence remarkably  leading  to  it.  A  Packet^ 
Boat  from  Great  Britain  arrives  to  Commo- 
dore Warren  in  the  Wejl-Indies^  ordering 
him  to  Bojlon  with  feveral  Ships  of  War,  to 
advife  with  Governor  Shirley  for  the  Pro- 
tection of  the  Norther?!  Colonies  y  which  is 
the  more  obfervable,  as  the  Commodore ^  thro* 
the  Ignorance  of  his  Pilot,  had  juft  before 
loft  his  own  60  Gun-Ship,  by  means  where- 
of he  could  give  our  Governor,  who  had 
difpatched  Letters  to  him,  advifing  him  of 
the  Defign  againft  Cape-Breton^  no  great 
Encouragement  to  expert  his  Help  j  though 
being  now  acquainted  with  the  Refolution 
of  this  Government,  he  was  prepar'd  and 
difpos'd  to  haften  away  witli   the   greater 

Speed, 


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the  ReduSlion  of  Cape-Breton.     23 

Speed,  upon  his  Orders  from  Home,  But 
had  he  come  to  Bojhn,  as  he  intended,  a- 
greeabie  to  his  Orders,  he  had  probably  been 
too  late  at  Cape- Breton  to  have  met  with 
this  Ship  of  War,  A  Vellcl  therefore  is  ac- 
cidentally cad  in  his  way  at  Sea,  accidentally 
to  Man,  but  intentionally  by  God,  giving 
him  certain  Information  that  the  Neiv-Eng- 
land  Forces  had  been  fome  time  on  their 
Voyage  ;  upon  which,  though  in  want  of 
Water  and  Provifions,  he  altered  his  Courfc, 
and  arrived  before  the  Harbour  of  Louijluirg 
time  enough  to  take  the  Vigilant^  a  fine  new 
64  Gun-Ship,  defignedly  fent  from  France 
for  the  Protection  of  the  French^  and  Di- 
fh-efs  of  the  Engl/JJj. 

But  the  moll  afloniriiina;  Article  in  the 
Condui^l:  of  Providence,  was  its  dlfpofing  the 
Enemy,  by  furrenuering  tlieir  City  and  For- 
treffes,  to  prevent  that  jjeneral  Ailluilt,  both 
by  Sea  and  Land,  which  had  been  refolved 
upon,  and  mull  have  occafioned  a  mod 
dreadful  Effufion  of  Blood  on  both  Sides : 
And  God  only  knows  what  the  Event  would 
have  been  ;  as  the  French  were  fo  flrongly 
fortified,  and  had  within  their  Walls  600 
regular  Troops,  and,  at  leali,  1400  of  the 
Inhabitants,  whom  they  had  called  in  to 
their  Afliftance. 

Upon  the  whole,  the  Reduclion  of  Louif- 
burg,  confidering  tlie  immenfe  Sums  of  Mo- 
ney that  have  been  laid  out  by  the  King  of 

France 


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I' 


Ji- 


24     -^  Thanlfgivtng- Sermon  for 

France  to  render  it  impregnable  ;  and  conii- 
dering  alfo  that  it  was  accomplifhed  by  in- 
experienced, undifciplined  Troops  from  iWw- 
England,  is  an  Event  truly  furprizing,  and 
will  be  fpoken  of  as  fuch  at  home,  and  hand- 
ed down  as  fuch  to  the  Children  yet  unborn. 
We  may  fay,  upon  a  Review  of  the  Pro- 
vidences obvioufly  leading  to  undertake  this 
Affair,  and  vifibly  favouring  it  when  under- 
taken, and  all  along  remarkably  concurring 
to  its  being  delivered  up  into  our  Hands, 
Marvellous  things  hafi  thou  done  for  us^  O 
Lord ',  thy  right  hand  and  holy  arm  have  got- 
ten us  this  viSiory.  And  to  thy  Name  be 
the  Glory  -,  which  leads  to  the  lafl  Thing 
propofed,  viz, 

III.  To  fhow  what  Reafon  a  People,  for 
whom  God  has  thus  marvelloujly  gotten  the 
Vidlory,  have  to  Jing  unto  him  a  new  Song  of 
Praife.  David,  you  fee,  calls  upon  the 
People  of  Ifrael  to  Jing  imto  the  Lord  a  7itiv 
Song,  for  the  Vidiory  his  holy  arm  had  gotten 
for  them.  This  gave  them  new  Matter  for 
a  new  Song,  and  jufl  Occafion  to  fing  it  un- 
to God. 

And  the  fame  may  be  faid  of  us  the  Peo- 
ple of  God  in  this  Land.  He  has  given  us 
a  ?2ew  and  great  Occafion  to  fing  Praife  to  his 
Name ;  and  we  fliall  be  horribly  ungrateful, 
if  we  negledt  to  do  fo.  And  the  Ingratitude 
will  rife   in  its  Bafenefs  ^nd  Malignity,  in 

proportion 


for 

i  confi- 
l  by  in- 

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i  hand- 
unborn. 
be  Pro- 
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undei- 
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Hands, 
•  us^  O 
ive  got- 
ime  be 

Thing 

3le,  for 
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So?ig  of 
3on   the 

d  a  Jitw 
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the  ReduSiion  ^Cape-Breton.     25 


the 


)portion  to  tne  mar'nellotis  Things  which 
the  right  hand  and  holy  arm  of  Cod  hath 
done  in  getting  for  us  fuch  a  glorious  Con- 
queft :  A  Conquefl:,  putting  us  in  Pofleflion, 
of  what  may  be  called,  The  Key  of  North  Ay, 
merica ;  and  which,  if  wifely  improved, 
may  be  of  vaft  Service,  not  only  to  this  and 
all  the  neighbouring  Governments,  but  to. 
Great  Britain  alfo,  by  guarding  our  Navi- 
gation, and  fecuring  to  the  Englijh  the  Cod- 
Fifhery,  the  Value  of  which  will  be  great  at 
prefent,  and  may  in  time  go  beyond  Ac- 
count. 

'Tis  obfervable,  it  was  a  common  thing 
for  God's  People  of  old,  when  they  fuccced- 
ed  againfl  their  Enemies,    to  celebrate  the 
Praifes  of  that  God  who  appeared  for  them, 
and  gave  them  Victory.     We  have  many 
Songs  of  Praife  upon  fuch  Occalions  in  the 
facred  Writings.      Such  was  the   Song   of 
Mofes  for  the  Victory  of  Ifr'ael  over  the  E- 
gyptians^  recorded  in  the    15th  Chapter  of 
Exodus.    Such  was  the  Song  of  Deborah  and 
Barak  for  their  entire  Conquefl  oi'^abin  and 
Sifera^  as  we  may  fee  in  the  fifth  Chapter  of 
Judges.     And  fuch  alfo  were  feveral  of  the 
Songs  of  David,  for  God's  powerfully  deli- 
vering him  out  of  the  Hands  of  his  Enemies, 
as  thev  are  to  be  met  with  in  the  Book  of 
Pfahns.     All  which  Inftances  of  religioully 
acknowledging    God ,     upon    Occafion    of 
Vidtories  obtain'd,  were  written  for  our  Ex- 

D  ample, 


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I      C.'. 
I 


26    A  "Thanh/givifig' Sermon  for    . 

ample,  and  call  upon  us,  under  the  prefent 
Circuinftances  of  Providence,  to  enter  into 
God's  gates  ninth  thankfgii^ing^  and  into  his 
courts  with  praife. 

And  as  this  is  the  Defign  of  this  Day's  So- 
lemnity, let  us  unite  in  praijing  the  Lord  for 
the  avenging  of  Ifrael.  Let  usfngpraijes  to 
the  Lord  God  of  Ijrael.  Let  the  infpired 
Language  of  Mofes,  and  the  whole  Body  of 
the  jfewifi  Nation,  be  ours  upon  this  memo- 
rable Occafion :  /  will  fmg  unto  the  Lord, 
for  he  hath  triumphed  glorioufly.  —  T^he  Lord 
is  my  ftrength  ajtd  fong^  and  he  is  become  my 
fahation.  He  is  my  God,  and  I  will  prepare 
him  a  habitation  :  my  father's  God,  and  I 
will  exalt  him.  —  The  Lord  is  a  man  of  war, 
the  Lord  is  his  name.  - —  Thy  right  hand,  O 
Lord,  is  become  glorious  in  power.  —  Who  is 
like  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  among  the  gods  ?  Who 
is  like  unto  thee,  glorious  in  holinefs,  fearful 
iji  praifes,  doing  wonders  ?  Thou  hajlf  retched 
cut  thy  right  hand :  — Thou,  in  thy  mercy, 
haft  led  forth  the  people  which  thou  haft  redeem- 
ed: ' — Thou  haft  guided  them  in  thy  ftrength. — 

Let  us  recount  the  many  Favours  of  God 
to  our  Brethren  ;  the  many  wonderful  Inter- 
pofitions  of  Providence,  making  way  for  the 
glorious  Conqueft  they  have  gained:  And 
let  us  mufe  on  thefe  things,  till  our  Hearts 
are  warmed,  and  our  Tongues  opened  to 
lliew  forth  the  Divine  Praifes.  Let  us  extol 
our  God  and  King,  and  hlejs  his  name  for  ever 

and 


for 

e  prefent 
nter  into 
d  into  bis 

Day's  So- 

'  Lord  for 
prai/es  to 
i  infpired 
;  Body  of 
is  memo- 
tbe  Lord, 
The  Lord 
become  my 
ill  prepare 
od,  and  I 
m  of  war  ^ 
1/  band,  O 
—  J^bo  is 
rods?  JVbo 

fifiretcbed 
thy  mercy, 
afi  redeem^ 
ilrength. — 
irs  of  God 
;rful  Inter- 
vay  for  the 
ned:  And 
)ur  Hearts 
opened  to 
et  us  extol 
me  for  ever 
and 


the  ReduEiion  of  Cape-Breton.    27 

and  ever.  Let  w.%  [peak  of  the  glorious  honour 
of  bis  Majejiy,  and  of  bis  wondrous  works. 
Let  us  Ipeak  of  the  might  of  bis  terrible  acis, 
and  declare  bis  greatnefs.  Let  us  abundantly 
utter  the  memory  of  bis  great  goodnefs,  and 
fng  of  bis  right  eoufnefs. 

And  let  not  the  blefTcd  God  Jiave  Occafi- 
on  to  fay  of  us,  as  of  his  People  of  old, 
T'beyfang  bispraife,  they  foon  for  gat  bis  works. 
'They  forgat  God  their  Saviour,  which  bad 
done  great  things  in  Egypt,  wondrous  works 
in  the  land  of  Ham,  and  terrible  things  by  the 
Red'Sea. 

Let  uii  not  think  it  enough,  my  Brethren, 
that  we  have  laid  afide  our  worldly  Bulinefs 
for  a  while,  to  appear  in  the   Sanctuary  of 
God,  that  we  may  fpeak  and  fmg  his  Praifes. 
The  Lord  has  done  great  things  for  js.  The 
God  of  Jefhurun  hath  rode  upon  the  Heavens 
in  our  Help,  anditi  bis  Excelleficy  on  the  Sky. 
And  this  wonderful  Appearande  of  God  for 
us,  (liould  excite  our  Love,  warm  our  De- 
votion, confirm  our  Faith,    encourage  our 
Hope,  and  infpire  us  with  the  firmeft  Refo- 
lutions  of  all  holy  Obedience  to  the  Com- 
mandments of  God. 
I      Let  us  not  think,  that  God  will  be  pleaicd 
I  with  meer  external  Offerings  of  Praife,  Nay, 
!  be  hath  JJoewed  thee,  O  Man,  what  is  good. 
I  And  what  doth  the  Lord  thy  God  require  of 
I  thee,  but  to  do  Jufiice,  and  to  love  Mercy,  and 
to  walk  humbly  with  thy  God^    Behold,  to 

D  2  obey 


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i 


28    ^  Thank/giving- Sermon  for 

obey  is  better  than  facrijice,  and  to  hearken 
than  the  fat  of  rams.  'To  love  the  Lord  our 
God  with  all  our  heart,  and  with  all  our  un-^ 
derjlanding,  and  ivith  all  our  foul,  and  with 
all  our  ftrengtk,  arid  to  love  our  neighbour  as 
our  [elves,  is  more  than  whole  burnt -offerings 
and  facrifices.  Let  us,  together  with  offer- 
ings  of  praife,  order  our  converfation  aright  •, 
fb  {hall  we  glorify  God,  and  he  will  9i]\\JI:}ew 
us  his  Salvation. 

And  let  nie  here  mind  you  of  one  Way, 
wherein  'tis  peculiarly  fitting  you  {hould  ex- 
prefs  your  Gratitude  on  this  joyful  Occafion  j 
and  that  is,  by  pe wing  mercy  to  the  Poor.  'Tis 
obfervable,  when  the  yews  prevailed  againfl 
their  Enemies,  and  folemnized  the  Feaji  of 
Furirn  in  Thankfgiving  to  God,  they  gave 
gifts  to  the  Poor,  as  we  read  EJiher  ix.  22. 
And  if,  when  we  faft,  and  humble  ourfelves 
before  God,  'tis  proper  to  deal  our  Bread  to 
the  hungry,  when  we  fee  the  naked  to  cover 
them,  and  fatisfy  the  affiled  Soul ;  is  it  not 
reafonable  alfo  when  we  are  called  to  ferve 
the  Lord  with  gladnefs,  and  to  come  before  his 
Prefence  with  finging,  to  be  in  the  exercife 
of  that  Charity  which  (hall  refrefli  the  Bowels 
of  the  Poor  and  Needy  ?  Can  there  be  a 
more  fit  Occafion  than  a  Day  of  religious 
Gladnefs  and  Thankfgiving,  to  open  our 
Hands  in  liberal  Diftributions,  caufing  the 
Widows  Heart  to  fing  for  Joy  ?  Let  us  in 
this  way  do  good,  for  with  fuch  Sacrifices  God 
is.well  ilcajed.  But 


1 


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the  ReduEiion  of  Cape-Breton.     2  9 

But  what  I   would  more  efpecially  re- 
commend  to  you,    is,    tlie  exercife  of  all 
Chriftian  CompafTion  towards  thofe  of  the 
Enemies  whom  it  has  pleafed  God  to  put  un- 
der our  Power.     Of  old  it  was  faid^  thou 
Jhalt  love  thy  Neighbour,  and  hate  thine  Ene- 
my,  but  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift   fays,  love 
your  Enemies,    This  Chri/iian  Law  muft  not 
indeed  be  conftrued  in  prejudice  of  that  Love 
which  we  owe  to  ourfclves,  our  Families 
and  Country,  which  may  make  it  necelTary 
to  take  up  Arms :   But  when  by  this  Means 
our  Enemies  are  fallen  into  our  Hands,    we 
(liould  treat  them,  not  only  with  Humanity, 
but  Chriftian  Love  j   being  ready  to  all  the 
Offices  of  Kindnefs  and  Compaflion  towards 
them.     We  fhould    not  infult  them,    we 
fhould  not  upbraid  them,    we  fhould  not 
treat  them  with  Harlhnefs  and  Severity  j  but 
endeavour  to  make  their  captive   State   as 
comfortable  to  them  as  may  confift  with  the 
publick  Good. 

Some  of  you,  it  may  be,  have  Friends  or 
Relatives  among  their  Enemies.  How  would 
you  defire  they  fliould  treat  them  ?  Would 
not  you  be  glad,  if  they  were  kind  to  them? 
Would  you  not  think  hardly  of  them,  if  they 
Ihould  fliut  up  their  Bowels  of  Compaflion, 
and  behave  towards  them  with  Difkindnefs  ? 
Let  us  treat  thofe  who  are  our  Captives  in 
the  iame  human  Chriftian  Way,  we  fhould 
be  glad  our  Friends  fhould  be  treated,  or 

ourfelves. 


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1^: 


HI 


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30    A  TT)anhfgiving- Sermon  for  . 

ourfelves,  were  we  in  our  Enemies  Power. 
That  is  the  Prcfcription  of  the  Bible,  Prov, 
XXV.  21.  If  thine  enemy  be  hungn ^  ghe  him 
bread  to  eat  \  andifhe  be  thirjty^  give  him 
water  to  drink.  And  the  Reafon  follows  in 
the  next  Verfe,  For  thou  Jhalt  heap  coals  of 
fire  upon  his  head^  and  the  LordJIoall  reward 
thee. But  I  have  no  need  to  ufe  any  Ar- 
guments upon  this  Head.  I  believe  there  is 
no  Place  where  Prifoners  of  War  are  ti'eated 
with  more  Kindnefs.  They  have  no  Reafon 
to  complain  for  want  of  all  reafonable  Liber- 
ty, or  that  they  are  not  fuitably  provided 
with  all  things  neceffary  :  Though  the  Cafe 
of  fome  of  them  may  be  fuch  as  to  call  for 
Chriftian  Charity ;  and  in  this  Cafe,  I  would 
hope,  there  are  none  of  us  but  would  wil- 
lingly open  our  Hands  for  their  Relief  ^  and 
in  fo  doing  we  fhould  honour  God,  and  be- 
have like  the  Difciples  of  Jefus  Chrift  :  Nor 
fhould  we  in  any  wife  lofe  our  Reward ;  it 
would  be  laid  up  for  us  in  Heaven. 

And  now  as  the  ConcUifion  of  all,  May 
it  pleafe  the  good  and  gracious  God,  to  over- 
rule this  glorious  Conquefl  to  an  happy  liTue, 
the  Good  of  our  Nation  and  Land,  May 
he  give  all  needed  Diredlion  as  to  refettling 
the  Place.  And  may  all  proper  Care  be 
taken,  that  the  pure  Gofpel  of  Chrift  be 
preached  in  this  part  of  the  Dominion  of  An- 
tichrift.     May  the  Man  of  Sin,  that  Son  of 

Perdition, 


the  ReduElion  of  Cape-Breton.   3  \ 

Perdition,  be  no  longer  acknowledged  as 
Chrift's  Vicegerent.  May  all  Gra'ven  Images 
be  pulled  down,  all  Su^rjlition  removed, 
and  the  Religion  of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift, 
as  it  is  contained  in  the  Bible,  be  upheld  and 
pradifed  there. 

And  may  the  happy  Period  come  on, 
when  Nation  fhall  no  more  lift  up  Sword  a- 
gainft  Nation,  nor  the  Alarm  of  War  be 
heard  on  Earth.  This  happy  Time  can't  be 
expeded  till  the  Lord  Jefus  Chrifl:  has  taken 
to  himfelf  his  great  Power  and  Reign  ;  till 
he  is  feated  Ki?ig  upon  God's  holy  Hill  of 
Ziotiy  and  has  generally  fubdued  the  Lufls 
and  Paflions  of  Men :  And  when  this  is 
once  the  Cafe,  that  will  be  fulfilled  which 
is  fpoken  by  the  Prophet  Ifaiah,  The  Wolf 
Jhall  dwell  with  the  Lamb,  and  the  Leopard 
Jioall  lie  down  with  the  Kid ;  and  the  Calf^ 
and  the  young  Lion,  and  the  Failing  together ^ 
and  a  little  Child  jhall  lead  them.  And  the 
Cow  and  the  Bear  JImU  feed,  their  young  ones 

pall  lie  down  together. They  Jhail  not  hurt 

nor  deftroy  in  all  my  holy  Mountain.  The 
Meaning  is,  Love  and  Peace  fhall  reign  on 
Earth  among  Men.  The  good  Lord  haflen 
this  bleffed  Time,  for  his  Mercies  fake  in 
Jefus  Chrill:.     Amen. 


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